He's a (Very Good) Friend Of Epstein (Oh, Yes He Is) - Trump Thread #149

[Spandauer]

Taking paracetamol doesn’t give you autistic babies but voting for Trump definitely gives you a festering carcass of American rot shoved into an ill-fitting suit: the sleaze of a conman, the cowardice of a draft dodger, the gluttony of a parasite, the racism of a Klansman, the sexism of a back-alley creep, the ignorance of a bar-stool drunk, and the greed of a hedge-fund ghoul— all spray-painted orange and paraded like a prize hog at a county fair.
(Description of Trump courtesy of Oliver Kornetzke 18/8/25)

Previous thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5408426-on-and-on-and-on-it-goes-trump-thread-148

393,000,000 estimated firearms in circulation.. what could possibly go wrong with nut cases sowing more seeds of division and hatred.

The way he’s going on interfering in states then the only outcomes are dictatorship established or pushback would be civil war maybe just in specific states, idk. I’m surprised how fast these things are happening. I wonder though if most US citizens just are living their lives unaware of what we are talking about here mainly, and would be surprised/shocked and at which side they would be surprised/shocked at.

I think he only gets to serve for two more if he takes over after the halfway point of this presidency.

Surely there has to be an election at the end of this first term of either Trump or Vance? You seem to be assuming dictatorship already, or am I misunderstanding?

I assumed it went without saying that he would also need to be elected and re-elected to serve the full 2+ terms but the max possible is just under 10 years.

"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3m2pfkrmyxg2k

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

Someone needs to tell our own right wing gobshites that "free speech" is yesterday's news, then.

Trump's mouth starts drooping as he struggles to stay awake during this antifa roundtable

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3m2phj5asog2i

There will not be a civil war
because the "good guys with guns" are too afraid

Sorry but French Farmers would never have allowed it to get this far

This is absolutely appalling, this professor had death threats and his address was published online https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/4281028116423-charlie-kirk-s-group-chases-anti-fascism-professor-out-of-the-country

White House says Trump will visit Walter Reed on Friday for a routine check up 👀

Looks like he may be getting a plane to the peace talks after that so I wonder if his fitness to fly is in question as they haven’t said he will definitely be going. Looks like an announcement is imminent from the negotiations and he wants to make it himself.

I’m no Trump supporter as we know but if he’s managed to secure peace in Gaza then he should be applauded for that.

Sarah Smith #r4today says Trump gave no details about (didn’t know or care) what happens next with the Gaza/Israel peace deal but she can confirm that Trump will be “furious” on Friday if he isn’t awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Priorities.
Inspirational.

Who is going to enforce that ? Congress has ceded it's power to POTUS an is never getting it back. Slowly but surely representatives will either realise they are an irrelevance, or be removed quietly (or not so quietly) until they are a quarter gone, then a half gone, then three quarters gone and finally ......

Trump did absolutely nothing.
He does not read so has no idea what is being done by his unelected squad.

Honestly I expect him to wash his hands of it and hand the keys to Palestine fully over to Netanyahu if there's no shiny medal on Friday. This is, and always was, a 'me, me, me' effort to surpass Obama. (As we all know!)

Sarah Smith never tries to conceal her extreme hatred of Trump in her reports from the USA.

Well this is true.

that's how Putin got back into power.
bait and switch

Can he get the peace prize for one thing whilst blowing up boats somewhere else? Even Ignoring his own attempts to cause mini wars in his own country!
Anyway, wouldn’t it be too early to be sure the ceasefire /end of the hostilities is going to really happen - I think the release of hostages is Sunday/Monday?
I mean I hope it does all stop, and both sides find a way to live together amicably enough but I’m not sure yet.
Maybe I just don’t want Trump getting the ‘blessing’ and first prize for it 🙈 - I should accept a stopped clock is right twice a day perhaps 🤔

Yes, I think it would be awfully early to call it a success, even if it does end up being that in the long run.

It's hard to imagine that any of the rest of his actions would put him in line for it. There are all the numerous human rights violations mentioned above, plus, let's not forget, deporting people to a foreign concentration camp.

I wonder if he's as familiar with the Gaza peace deal as he was with his beautiful health care plan that he's been talking about releasing for... is it nine years?

If the peace in Gaza is real – a fair and just peace that isn't just "they make a desolation and call it peace" – then Trump can wear a badge saying it's all his doing till his dying day, for all I care.

All the better if this brag is as false as all his others, because it's best he personally has extremely little to do with this agreement – given the thing he's famous for is reneging on contracts.

If letting the tango pretend it's all his doing is the price for hundreds of thousands of people having a future, I'll pay it.

I agree with that completely. But history tells us it's more likely to be smoke and mirrors ending with a tacky hotel and casino and enrichment for the orange friends and family. I'm definitely taking a wait and see approach on this one.

Yes, same here.

Cautious optimism. And if I believed in a god I'd be sending up fervent prayers.

Please please please may this be real and durable.